
          I hope to see you in New York
the latter part of next week
and to explain to you why
I did not see you on my way
through your city on my return
from the association. It may,
however, be sufficient for me
to say that I was so oppressed
with the heat that I was obliged
to leave in an early train.

Mrs. Henry and the girls will
probably take passage with
me in the steamer from Gerogetown,
a week from tomorow
and seek a lodging place
somewhere on the sound for
a few weeks, in order to recover
from the effects of the long en-
        